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re: Were the founders full of shite?

Posted on 10/14/25 at 4:42 pm to
Posted by 4cubbies
Member since Sep 2008
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Posted on 10/14/25 at 4:42 pm to
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You just deny that the population in question is actually a human being.

I’m arguing that no reasonable people would be able to convince themselves of this.
Posted by NC_Tigah
Make Orwell Fiction Again
Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 10/14/25 at 4:42 pm to
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your reading more emotion into what I said than was intended.
Thanks for clarifying.

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Not all founders thought the same about this one subject...
100% ... and you obviously correctly cite Adams. But the first non-slaveholding POTUS not named Adams was elected > 6 decades after "our" declared independence.
This post was edited on 10/14/25 at 4:53 pm
Posted by NC_Tigah
Make Orwell Fiction Again
Member since Sep 2003
138873 posts
Posted on 10/14/25 at 4:56 pm to
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I’m arguing that no reasonable people would be able to convince themselves of this.
That is a very fair argument, as evidenced in the papers we've discussed
Posted by wackatimesthree
Member since Oct 2019
13455 posts
Posted on 10/14/25 at 5:30 pm to
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I’m arguing that no reasonable people would be able to convince themselves of this.


More than half the country does it today.

Are you saying more than half the country is unreasonable?
Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
110929 posts
Posted on 10/14/25 at 5:42 pm to
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Would you say educated adult Americans typically accept prevailing narratives without thought or question?


No.
Posted by FreddieMac
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2010
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Posted on 10/14/25 at 6:54 pm to
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100% ... and you obviously correctly cite Adams. But the first non-slaveholding POTUS not named Adams was elected > 6 decades after "our" declared independence.


That was more a function of democratic corrupt politics and the wealth in the south. The north did not emerge until thr industrial revolution.
Posted by tiggerfan02 2021
HSV
Member since Jan 2021
4162 posts
Posted on 10/14/25 at 9:06 pm to
13 pages for everyone to basically say "No, but you are full of shite."

Not that complicated.

You really need to do some self-reflection.
Posted by 4cubbies
Member since Sep 2008
61366 posts
Posted on 10/15/25 at 10:42 am to
That’s what you ridiculed me for not doing.
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